Billiard and other cues



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JOHN OREAHAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BILLIARD AND OTHER CUES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,325, dated October 19, 1880. Application filed September 10, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN GREAHAN, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Billiard and other Cues, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a one having my invention applied to it. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, enlarged. Fig. 3 is a section thereof. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists of an elastic or flexible cushion applied to the butt-end of a cue, whereby said end is prevented from making a noise. or being battered when thrown down or struck on the floor.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cue for billiards and other purposes, of ordinary form and construction.

B represents a block or piece of soft rubber or other elastic or flexible material, preferably of hemispherical form, and constituting a cushion, which is secured to the butt-end of the one A by means of a screw, 0, passed through an opening centrally in the cushion, and having its head embedded therein, its point entering the cue; but other means of attaching the cushion to the one may be adopted-for instance, a socket formed in or attached to the one and receiving portion of the cushion; a neck or tenon screwed into the butt; a socket in the cushion receiving a neck or tenou on the cue; cementing or gluing the cushion to the cue, &c.

It is well known that billiard andother players often forcibly drop the butt-ends of their cues on the floor, thus battering said ends and creating considerable noise, which is objectionable to otherplayers and spectators. My cushion B prevents such results, and, serving as a guard for the butt-end of the cue, the durability of the one at said end.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The elastic or flexible cushion B, adapted to be attached to the butt-end of a cue, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A billiard or other cue having an elastic or flexible cushion on its butt-end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN UREAHAN. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, F. COOPER.

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